提升商務英文專業度：中文母語者必看的台灣人最常錯的50個商務英文用法

台灣人在商務場合中使用英文時，因為母語干擾或直譯的習慣，容易犯一些常見錯誤。這篇文章整理了50個最容易搞錯的商務英文用法，並提供正確說法，幫助提升你的專業表達能力。

1-10: 基礎詞彙錯誤

1. Expired vs. Due

   • 錯誤: "The payment is expired."
   • 正確: "The payment is due."

2. Feedbacks

   • 錯誤: "We received many feedbacks."
   • 正確: "We received a lot of feedback."

3. Informations

   • 錯誤: "Please send me some informations."
   • 正確: "Please send me some information."

4. Advices

   • 錯誤: "She gave me many advices."
   • 正確: "She gave me a lot of advice."

5. Discuss about

   • 錯誤: "We discussed about the project."
   • 正確: "We discussed the project."

6. Open the computer

   • 錯誤: "Open the computer."
   • 正確: "Turn on the computer."

7. Check about

   • 錯誤: "Let me check about this."
   • 正確: "Let me check this."

8. Staffs

   • 錯誤: "We hired new staffs."
   • 正確: "We hired new staff members."

9. Equipments

   • 錯誤: "We need more equipments."
   • 正確: "We need more equipment."

10. Take a leave

    • 錯誤: "I’ll take a leave tomorrow."
    • 正確: "I’ll take leave tomorrow."

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11-20: 動詞搭配錯誤

11. Reply her email

    • 錯誤: "I will reply her email."
    • 正確: "I will reply to her email."

12. Help to check

    • 錯誤: "Can you help to check this?"
    • 正確: "Can you help check this?"

13. Attend to the meeting

    • 錯誤: "I will attend to the meeting."
    • 正確: "I will attend the meeting."

14. Make a decision on

    • 錯誤: "We will make a decision on next Monday."
    • 正確: "We will make a decision next Monday."

15. Approve for

    • 錯誤: "She approved for the project."
    • 正確: "She approved the project."

16. Focus on improving

    • 錯誤: "We are focus on improving this."
    • 正確: "We are focused on improving this."

17. Meet with requirements

    • 錯誤: "It doesn’t meet with the requirements."
    • 正確: "It doesn’t meet the requirements."

18. Contact to someone

    • 錯誤: "I’ll contact to the supplier."
    • 正確: "I’ll contact the supplier."

19. Compensate to someone

    • 錯誤: "We’ll compensate to the client."
    • 正確: "We’ll compensate the client."

20. Request for

    • 錯誤: "I’ll request for a refund."
    • 正確: "I’ll request a refund."

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21-30: 時態與介詞錯誤

21. I look forward to hear

    • 錯誤: "I look forward to hear from you."
    • 正確: "I look forward to hearing from you."

22. On tomorrow

    • 錯誤: "I’ll send it on tomorrow."
    • 正確: "I’ll send it tomorrow."

23. Between you and I

    • 錯誤: "This is between you and I."
    • 正確: "This is between you and me."

24. Different than

    • 錯誤: "This is different than that."
    • 正確: "This is different from that."

25. In next week

    • 錯誤: "We’ll meet in next week."
    • 正確: "We’ll meet next week."

26. Arrive to

    • 錯誤: "He arrived to the office."
    • 正確: "He arrived at the office."

27. Agree with the plan

    • 錯誤: "I agree with the plan."
    • 正確: "I agree to the plan."

28. Complain on

    • 錯誤: "He complained on the service."
    • 正確: "He complained about the service."

29. Good in

    • 錯誤: "She is good in managing people."
    • 正確: "She is good at managing people."

30. Prefer than

    • 錯誤: "I prefer coffee than tea."
    • 正確: "I prefer coffee to tea."

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31-40: 固定用法錯誤

31. Thanks for your advance

    • 錯誤: "Thanks for your advance."
    • 正確: "Thanks in advance."

32. I will double confirm

    • 錯誤: "I will double confirm this."
    • 正確: "I will confirm this again."

33. In charge for

    • 錯誤: "She’s in charge for the project."
    • 正確: "She’s in charge of the project."

34. Look forward for

    • 錯誤: "I look forward for your reply."
    • 正確: "I look forward to your reply."

35. In the other hand

    • 錯誤: "In the other hand, we could try this."
    • 正確: "On the other hand, we could try this."

36. Call to someone

    • 錯誤: "I will call to him later."
    • 正確: "I will call him later."

37. Take notes of

    • 錯誤: "Please take notes of this."
    • 正確: "Please take note of this."

38. By this way

    • 錯誤: "By this way, we can succeed."
    • 正確: "In this way, we can succeed."

39. The both

    • 錯誤: "The both options are valid."
    • 正確: "Both options are valid."

40. Do a decision

    • 錯誤: "We need to do a decision."
    • 正確: "We need to make a decision."

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41-50: 表達冗餘錯誤

41. Please kindly help

    • 錯誤: "Please kindly help to check."
    • 正確: "Please help check."

42. Return back

    • 錯誤: "I will return back the file."
    • 正確: "I will return the file."

43. Repeat again

    • 錯誤: "Can you repeat again?"
    • 正確: "Can you repeat that?"

44. Join together

    • 錯誤: "Let’s join together for the meeting."
    • 正確: "Let’s join the meeting."

45. End up with

    • 錯誤: "We ended up with finishing late."
    • 正確: "We ended up finishing late."

46. Ask to him

    • 錯誤: "I’ll ask to him about it."
    • 正確: "I’ll ask him about it."

47. Close the light

    • 錯誤: "Close the light."
    • 正確: "Turn off the light."

48. Overtime

    • 錯誤: "I’ll do overtime tonight."
    • 正確: "I’ll work overtime tonight."

49. Practice more better

• 錯誤: "We need to practice more

50. Depend on vs. Depend of

• 錯誤用法: "It depends of the situation."
• 正確用法: "It depends on the situation."
• 解釋: 「Depend」後面應搭配介詞「on」，而不是「of」。這是常見的介詞搭配錯誤。

商務英文的正確用法不僅僅是語言能力的體現，更是專業度的重要表現。避免常見的語言錯誤，能讓你的溝通更加精準且專業，無論是在寫信、開會還是談判中，都能為你的商務形象加分。

學習英文的過程是持續不斷的，建議可以將這些常見錯誤列成清單，逐步檢視自己日常的用法，甚至尋求同事或朋友的回饋。相信透過反覆練習與實踐，你的商務英文能力將會更上一層樓。

希望這篇文章能夠幫助你避免陷入這些常見的陷阱，成為在商務場合中更具影響力的溝通者。如果覺得有幫助，歡迎分享給需要的朋友！ 😊

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